Hook and eye



C; CHISHOLM. HOOK AND EYE- APPLICATION FILED AUG-'24, 1620.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921-.

7? I fiarles ''kzskaim MENTOR ATTORNEY CHARLES CHISHOLM, OF ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.

HOOK AND EYE.

Specification of Letters Patent. P te t d Sept. 20, 1921.

Application filed August 24,1920. Serial No. 405,566.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES CHIsHo M, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Cloud, in the county of Stearns and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hooks andEyes, of which the following is a specification.

- My present invention has reference to a garment fastener, and is in. the nature of'a hookand eye- I My object is to Iconstructafastener of this class in which the cooperating. fastening members maybe readily snappedfinto engagement with [each other but which cannot become accidentally disconnected relative movement ofthe portions ofthe gar'ment to which said members are secured.

A further object is to provide a hook member having its free end formed with a laterally extending head, and an eye member having its body portion substantiallyvide a rest for the hook shaped, the upper or jaw portion of the hook having yieldable elements which contact with each other at approximately the central portion of the said jaw, and the outer end of the jaw being depressed to proshank of the hook when the latter has been brought into engagement betweenthe jaw and the body of the eye 'me r- I 1 P It is a" still further object to provide a garment fastener in the nature of a hook and an eye of a construction whereby the said members, when connected, cannot be disassociated by either a longitudinal or lateral movement by said members, but wherein one of the members must be swung or canted with respect to the other members to permit of the separation of the members.

The foregoing objects may be accomplished by a construction, combination and arrangement of parts, such-as is disclosed by the drawings which accompany and form: part of this application.

In thedrawingsf- Figure 1 is a plan view of a fragment of a garment having the fasteners in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view approximately. on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view showing themanner in which the hook member must be canted on the eye member to permit of the disassociation of saidmembers.

Fi 4 is a perspective view of the eye the said eye to the garment.

Preferably. both of the members of my fastener are formed from-a single strand of spring wire. The eye member is broadly indicated by the numeral 1 and the hook member by the numeral 2.

The strand of wire from which the hook 2 is formed has its -ends looped, as at 3 to receive the threads which attach the same to the garment. From the eyes extend the shank 4, which is preferably twisted on itself as disclosed by the drawings, and the outer ends of the said shank 4arebent laterally to provide the noted that the head and 2 are {substantially T-shaped.

shank of the hook head 5. It will thus be' The eyemember'd has the ends of the strand which constitutes the same looped, as'at 6 toreceive From the the, threads that secure loops 6 the, strands are extended toward each other and are twisted upon themselves, as at 6'. From the ends of the twisted portion 6 the strands are diverged outwardly as at The elements above referred to constitute, the-base orbody ofthe eye.

The

strands-7, at their outer ends are bent upwardly, as at 8-, and are further bent and continued over and substantially in parallelism with the baseor body, as indicated by the numeral 9. The strands 9 constitute the outer membersof the jaw. The strands '9 terminate aslight distance lnward of the eyes; 6 of the base or body and have their endsjbent inwardly upon themselves, as at 10, continued" inwardly in contacting engagement with the strands 9 for a determined distance as indicated by the numeral '11.- The portions 11, at approximately the center of the jaw are rounded toward each other, as at 12, and the said ment with each other.

ment with the have their'ends the elements that constitute 2 is held at a slight t0 the hook 1, so

rounded portions have their centers disposed in contacting engage- The rounded por-' tions 12 terminate in straight extensions 13 which are disposed in contacting engage that thehead 5 thereof will rest upon the base or body of the hook, permitting the shank 4 to be received in the open mouth of the jaw member of the eye. The hook memberis moved toward the outer end of the eye, passing between the contacting portion 7 describedfpermits of the members constituting the fastener being easily and quickly associated, but will prevent the accidental disconnection thereof by arelative move: ment of the portions of the garment 'to which themembers are secured, The members cannot be disconnected by a direct'lOngitudinal movement asthe loops 3 of the from the eye.

' Y spreading the contacting 30 hook 2 are of a greaterjwidththan the depressed portion 14 of the jaw of the eye, and also the said loop members are of a size to contact with the rounded portions 8 of the" eye member.

slightly cant the hook to permit of the head Therefore it is necessary to thereof sliding on the base of the. eye and portions 12 ofthe hook in the passage of the shank4 therebetween before the hook can be disconnected Having thus described the invention,.wha t I claim, is: f 1 r [1. In a garment fastener, a hook including a shank having one of its endslooped and its other end provided with a lateral head,

and an eye including a'base which has one of its ends looped that overlies the base, said jaw having'spri-ng contacting members at approximately the center thereof and having an outer depressed portion to receive the shank of the hook when the same has been canted and brought 18m for a determined lng engagement "the angle end strands and formed with a jawover the base between the eontactingportions' of the jaw and arranged in parallelism with the eye.

2. In a garment fastenen'a hook con- 'structed from a single strand of wire bent to include a shank having one of its ends formed with loops and its other end formed with a laterally extending head, and an eye for the hook which'is alsoconstructed of a single strandofspring wire that has one of its ends b'entto provideloops, the strands continuing from the said loops in parallelranged-at an'outward angle with respect to each other to-constitute the base of the eye, said last mentioned strands are bent upwardly and further parallelism over the base in the direction distance andthen ar- 7 bent and continued in of the loops to providefthe outer or side i members of a hook, said, last mentioned members being bent upon themselves and extended. inwardly in contact with the side members for a; predetermined distance and from thence rounded toward each other and the said'rounded portionsbeing incontactand extended to provide straight strands that are-disposed in contacting engagement with the outersidemen1 bers of the hook, said last mentioned strands having their ends bent downwardly opposite I I of the base, arounded portion connecti ng}the lastmentioned downturned angle strands, and whereby the hook can be arranged-at aninclination to permit of its head traveling over the body of the hook to allow the shank thereof to p'ass be tween the contacting m mb the jaw and then swung in a line withthe eye to have its 'la te'ral the reunded ction of thebase andjja "and its shank'resting onfthe depressedp'ortion atthe outer end'of the jaw.

1 In testimony whereof I tafiix. my signature. CHARLES OHISHOLMF head contacting between 

